Driving On WA SR-7 South In 1988 (Tacoma, Spanaway)

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Жыл бұрын

Back in 1988, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove South on SR-7 and recorded video to document the highway. This was part of a project that photographed/videotaped the states highways every couple of years. This video now resides at The Washington State Archives who were kind enough to share it.

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@kevinfan726 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could turn the cameras and see all the buildings they're passing. so many memories.

@mediahound587 Жыл бұрын

I was having flash back riding in the car with my dad stopped by that 711 off about 200th there everyday. we lived off 252nd not to far after the church. so many memories.

@Brokid81 Жыл бұрын

At around 2:40, you see Dudley's Tire on the corner of 48th and Pacific. Dudley, the owner, was my grandpa. My God, what a rush of nostalgia!

@chrissyknowsitall5170 Жыл бұрын

That is so cool!!! We used to go in there before school at Stewart and buy cigarettes out of the machine. They were all cool and would just let us. 😂😂😂😂😂

@TheDrummer51 Жыл бұрын

I sat through the whole thing! Used to drive that route sometimes a couple of times a day. Saw a few trucks I recognized and lot's of businesses.

@poloboyclh Жыл бұрын

What an absolute blast watching this with my wife!

@TeslaRoadtrips Жыл бұрын

Pretty neat how much has changed, and how much is the same.

@Ktgsvtrdg66 Жыл бұрын

Used to have a Skipper's everywhere back as a kid! Here's to all the folks who worked there! Love these vintage footage!

@spiritualservicesgodbless7641 Жыл бұрын

I miss that restaurant.

@chrissyknowsitall5170 Жыл бұрын

My family and all my friends would always eat at Skippers!! Loved their food. I have found one in Downtown Puyallup. But that's it.

@chrissyknowsitall5170 Жыл бұрын

I was 18 yrs old in 1988. And my kid ran across this video. She was born in 1993. She just sent this to me. I'm watching it now.

@Chevy_man_1960zz 8 күн бұрын

Oh the memories Thank you for posting these videos

@hassanalialtaai5244 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful memories are a star in the sky that shines for us, a pearl of pride that sparkles with which we decorate our words, a flute that we sing, and a ship of dreams that we board and sail through the present days with the hope of regaining them in the coming days. Seattle memories are engraved in the depths of the sea. Zakaria Seattle is always in my heart ❤️

@junyardferd Жыл бұрын

29:14 tire rolling down the highway....classic

@Vaasmios 7 ай бұрын

As a person who regularly cycles the entire length of pac ave , it surprises me how little things have changed over the years . I can obviously tell that businesses have changed but the overall look has stayed the same .

@starsinthenightt Жыл бұрын

34:50 that was a clear accident and i like how the guy still talks about the roadways like nothing happened 😂 and the tire rolling down the road too at 29:14 but great video tho this is very nostalgic for my parents as well they remember the taco bell/kfc (he actually worked at when he was a teen) and heck even all the skippers you passed by/btw he also remembers the arbys on 38th st tacoma by my moms house before she moved out and my mom and dad knew each other and she moved in its extremely nostalgic thanks for uploading these videos cause i show this too my parents and when i do they remember everything and i forgot too add but on pacific ave my mom worked at that fred myers around the 80s too the 90s i believe and my dad told me my great grandma and great grandpa worked at that motel with the big neon sign with the 76 gas station next too it and my dad told me he would always get free soda and candy from them since they were my dads grandma and grandpa

@k9builder Жыл бұрын

So much lost history.

@chrissyknowsitall5170 Жыл бұрын

Right!!! It's sad. I'm 53 yrs old and this brought back so many memories. I sent this video to my husband and my sister.

@yeaight8439 Жыл бұрын

Crazy how much nothing has changed really on 72nd. The jiffy lube, mcds, Fred meyers and les Schwab are all still there lool

@74go13 3 ай бұрын

its crazy seeing the route i take everyday before all the buildings were there

@rnp1785 10 ай бұрын

Yeah good old days when there was no traffic on Pacific Ave sure ain’t like that now. Now it’s over populated

@dgendvil Жыл бұрын

Monday. Tacoma's high that day was 71 & it was cloudy, despite that the most Nation had a really hot year.

@gamingwithnessa9743 3 ай бұрын

Who can tell me what grocery store used to be in the corner of 72nd and Portland ave where it tuned into the Goodwill for a good amount of years. I remember my mom buying some bbq chicken wings from its deli but I have no memory of it as a child. Early 90s is when I remember it.